Ford Pinto Commercial

[ButtBouncer500]

I've owned dozens of cars over the years but the 1976 Pinto is the only new vehicle I've ever bought.

(how sad is that?)

[readyxxi]

just fyi TOYOTA CELICAS OF THE 70S HAD THE SAME PROBLEM ! MADE IN JAPAN ,,, FOR PANSIES

[tank72450]

My question has always been, why not have people learne to drive then they wouldn't be hitting others and no boom?

[alloutoftime]

Does anyone know if the fuel tank explosion problem was corrected in later models such as the 1977-1980 models?

[RitzyTrailer]

@alloutoftime : Yes, it was. The cars affected had a major recall, and the later years weren't affected at all due to a redesign of the fuel tank. As Cardwellave said: it was over-dramatized. LOTS of cars of that era would explode if you rear-ended them at 45 mph, as would ALL of the pre-77 Chevy trucks that had the gas tank behind the seat, when they were hit from the side. Statistically, they were just as safe or just as vulnerable as any other car.

[alloutoftime]

@RitzyTrailer Thanks for the feedback.

[TheLizardKing1967]

LOL

[Patchesinthebus]

I agree cardwellave! If the Pinto was such a bad car, why was it the top selling American economy car in the 70s? I have owned 3, and I have a V6 pinto now. A little bit more maintenance then most, but that's ALL 70s cars. Quality wasn't there in the Americans. But Ford suffered from bad publicity because of bean counters at corporate.

[xxxphsicomanxxx]

awsome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!

[talkofchitown1988]

driving that says u have small penis and no girlfriend

[MrAdmin28]

FUCK THIS... my pinto will rock your shit

[borntobewildpascal]

tout l'monde dise que ford c dla marde .. sauf que tout l'monde aime la mustang ... c nimporte quoi..... ford c hot .... entouka moé j'aime bein les musclecars ... jenre la mustang ... la grand torino .... pinto ... etc ...

[bestamerica]

what is 2 different between,,,

bobcat car and pinto car

[GriffinBillHewes]

That's funny - i don't care who you are

[boxer301977]

Ford susks. the only good thing ford ever made was Grand Torino

[WaterFromDodian]

Your not serious are you?

[boxer301977]

yes Ford sucks its no wonder American auto makers are going bankrupt

[yellowbusguy]

@boxer301977

[radiozins]

your spelling susks.

[boxer301977]

your a cunt

[boxer301977]

you suck dick

[radiozins]

no I do not,but you susk you mama susk, your daddy susk and you still can't spell!

[VolkswagenGolf1400]

@boxer301977 WTF, MAN? For me, Ford is one of the best brands in the world! If Ford sucks, so what's good?

[boxer301977]

Toyota, Vw, Nissan, Chrysler,

[VolkswagenGolf1400]

@boxer301977 I agree XD!

[Nicsho]

That was good, 5 stars!

[pdennis93]

haha the only car that doubles as a bomb.

[bgreen94]

My aunt's best friend in high school was actually the person who first discovered/diagnosed the issue with the pinto's fuel tank... I have no idea what his name is, but he's def. from Redwood Falls MN

[Stevenhiggles]

This car maybe a POS but its a sleeper... beat the shit out of it and drop a 423 in it. Make sure to give it a shity exhaust and have fun :)

[trh2130]

Here's a piece of irony - the Pinto's introduction date was September 11!

[slay63]

Ford had the opportunity to equip Pinto's with a safer designed fuel tank, at the time it was decided that wouldnt be COST EFFECTIVE....it was a costly mistake.

[MidnightClubsSR]

Pinto's where 5x popular lake the Mustang's when people stared crashing them it was recall time

[kdvincent1982]

Could you repeat that?

[MidnightClubsSR]

because pinto's has been recalled due to the real life crash that makes the car double as a bomb

[freedomwarrior43]

It can double as a bomb? Why isn't it more popular among Muslims? lol.

[sarbustal]

@freedomwarrior43 I thought of that joke first you fuck faced prick. You think you can go around stealing peoples jokes and making other people laugh? you can't... I'm gonna start calling you Carlos Mencia because you are a joke stealing piece of shit.

[TheLizardKing1967]

@freedomwarrior43 That's what they used in 1993 

[jpandt0]

I have a 1972 pinto and use it as a daily driver. they are easy to work on and have more style than those old imports accept mabye the vw bug .

[bengativo6]

pinto what a piece of shit!!!i remember this the last time i saw one on the streets of california was on 2001.now there is no signs of anyone in the junkyards

[Rlotpir1972]

I agree. They also stall...like jackasses!

[bengativo6]

pinto stands for .put it into oblivion..but reduced the words pinto.

[cardwellave]

The "blowing up" aspect of the Pinto was way over dramatized. The biggest part of it that Ford knew about the problem and chose that it would be cheaper to pay off ensuing lawsuits than fix the problem, which was something like $11 per car. In reality, the Pinto was no more likely to blow up in a crash than any other rear-wheel drive small bumpered car of its day, but the issue was so public, that they were thought to be dangerous.

[Chrliesangelsman]

@cardwellave: VERY WELL SAID! It is sad that people only associate them with "explosions" (when actually they didn't EXPLODE they could possibly catch fire {like many other small cars of that day} from leaking gasoline) and not the remarkable car they were in other ways, such as: gas mileage, relatively low maintenance (particularly by todays standards), and cheap to modest pricing. However, the people who were victims of the debacle certainly deserved to be compensated.

[scooterdude1945]

@Chrliesangelsman THANK YOU!!!!!!

[Chrliesangelsman]

@scooterdude1945: Yr welcome scooter...... I am glad you agree! :-)

[scooterdude1945]

@Chrliesangelsman cool lol

[LT1HILLINGHOE]

@cardwellave You're so correct. Pintos are great cars. I still have two of them and they are quite collectible.

[odie7]

I drove 2 Pintos in the 70's, they were actually pretty good cars, and you could go along time before the gas gauge would start going down if you filled er up! True they were firebombs, but I was lucky and never got rear-ended thank goodness

[wilkes85]

the Pinto was a world class piece of shit, but not because it's a Ford, it's because it's a tiny little shitbox. the Ford LTD was in my opinion the most reliable car ever made. I got a 74 LTD, and I would never drive anything else. It's safe, reliable, roomy, comfortable, it handles beautifully, and you can litterally drive it to hell and back, and it will still give you years of good service.

Not the pinto though, or any other compact shitbox.

[odie7]

My brother and brother in law both had LTD's in the 1980's and they were pieces of crap!!

[wilkes85]

well like all other cars, you gotta take care of them.

[brealistic1970]

And yet the actual real life crash data shows that the Pinto was no worse than any other compact of that vintage for vehicle fires. The Pinto was chosen by you know who because it was a popular domestic model when people trusted the domestic models more than the imports. Unfortunately the media and "echo chamber" effect branded Ford's image with fire regardless of how the safety relates to the market in general, and that still haunts them today legally (CVPI fires). Don't be a mindless echo.

[ae86sr5driver]

Say that when your mother has permenant scars from almost burning to death in a Pinto as a kid asshole.

[smeedlysmeed]

I hope she had fun.

[uzzle65]

In New Zealand we have a saying about Fords:

First

On

Rubbish

Dump

[tranurse]

in america we say:

found

on

road

dead

[k5laman]

Lets just say its not more acurate than the original ads. The pinto was never marketed as sporty, the pinto WAS effeciant (I get 31 mpg from my 73 4spd non-overdrive pinto) before the Gov't mandated so much crap at one time, that Detroit couldn't keep up, and if you did any actual research, you would find that pintos had no more of a chance to blow-up than most other cars, and LESS of a chance than the Hondas of the same time.

[etrigan68]

Get a grip! It's just a friggin' joke! I too am a Ford Fan. But, this was by far their worst P.O.S. ever...

[smeedlysmeed]

Worse than the edsel? I think not.

[tranurse]

the edsel was just ugly and had a stupid name. but hell they changed the name to falcon, two years later. didn't change the car at all and sold a hell of a lot of them. just proves how stupid americans are. oh well, and my mom had a 1973 baby poop brown pinto. she drove that sucker til 1984.

[wilkes85]

LOL baby poop brown